MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 44.54,-83.41 Latitude: 44.54 Longitude: -83.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 29 SFC 978 213 10.9 6.7 75 4.3 8.6 304 14 285.9 287.0 282.8 303.4 6.27 2 950 456 9.0 5.2 77 3.8 7.1 308 24 286.4 287.4 282.5 302.8 5.84 3 900 901 5.4 2.5 82 2.8 4.0 318 31 287.0 287.9 282.0 301.5 5.11 4 850 1368 4.6 0.4 74 4.2 2.6 330 20 290.9 291.8 283.1 304.3 4.61 5 800 1859 1.2 -1.8 80 3.1 -0.2 327 22 292.5 293.2 283.2 304.7 4.17 6 750 2377 -1.0 -2.3 91 1.3 -1.6 312 17 295.5 296.3 284.7 308.2 4.30 7 700 2925 -3.4 -3.9 96 0.5 -3.6 339 8 298.7 299.5 285.7 311.0 4.09 8 650 3508 -6.8 -7.2 96 0.5 -7.0 290 10 301.3 301.9 285.9 311.7 3.41 9 600 4129 -9.9 -10.3 97 0.4 -10.1 239 9 304.7 305.2 286.6 313.8 2.91 10 550 4796 -13.8 -14.2 97 0.4 -13.9 211 15 307.8 308.2 287.1 315.2 2.32 11 500 5513 -18.7 -19.0 97 0.4 -18.8 205 18 310.3 310.6 287.3 315.8 1.70 12 450 6289 -24.8 -25.9 90 1.1 -25.1 211 29 312.0 312.2 287.2 315.5 1.02 13 400 7135 -30.5 -32.2 85 1.7 -30.7 200 62 315.4 315.5 288.0 317.6 0.64 14 350 8069 -37.9 -38.8 92 0.8 -38.0 181 87 317.6 317.6 288.4 318.9 0.38 15 300 9124 -40.6 -57.6 14 17.0 -41.3 190 76 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.4 0.05 16 250 10363 -39.5 -67.8 3 28.3 -40.6 187 54 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 17 200 11876 -46.1 -76.8 2 30.6 -46.9 185 63 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 18 150 13764 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.3 193 40 382.7 382.7 302.7 382.7 0.00 19 100 16355 -57.3 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.7 218 20 417.1 417.1 307.4 417.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5483.51 m Freezing level: 772.00 mb = 2148.95 m = 7050.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 802.83 mb = 1830.60 m = 6005.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.57 % Est. max temperature: 16.62 C = 61.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.78 mb = 749.15 m = 2457.81 ft T: 6.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 1.94 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.45 mb = 1714.17 m = 5623.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.04 C = 62.67 F Cap Strength: 7.84 C Lifted Index: 8.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.68 C Showalter Index: 7.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.25 C Cross Totals Index: 19.02 C K Index: 23.07 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 62.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.34 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14049.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.35 mb = 1090.74 m = 3578.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.1 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 310.1 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -130.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.1 neg: -9.7 tot: 52.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 17.26 m/s